[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.]

SHEFFIELD, England - March 13, 2014
– GameSessions, a new service that uses super-fast downloads
to give players a chance to try full games before they buy them,
today announced that its public beta is now live. DiRT Showdown
GameSessions Edition, the high-octane, full-contact arcade racing
game from Codemasters packed full of speed, style and destruction,
is the first title available on service. Gamers interested in
checking out the service can go to:
www.GameSessions.com

A GameSession is a trial of the full game, with the whole
experience digitally delivered to your PC via new super-fast
download technology. You get to play the aspects of the game that
interest you for a time determined by the publisher and then if you
like the game, you can purchase the whole game instantly, in-game.
There’s no waiting for a different version to be delivered,
the GameSessions Edition is simply unlocked and you can play on
from where you left off.

“We’re thrilled to be partnering with GameSessions
to give gamers the chance to play the full version of DiRT Showdown
for free before purchase,” said Edd Newby-Robson, Senior
Brand Manager, Codemasters. “GameSessions offers a fantastic
way to reach new gamers in a new way - our games are our best
advert, so for players to get the full DiRT Showdown experience
before buying is a unique and exciting prospect for us.”

“We believe that every good PC game will reach its
widest possible audience through GameSessions and that one day
every game will allow free play before purchase,” Ed French,
CEO of Tangentix Ltd.

Thanks to the ground-breaking Tangentix technology that
underlies GameSessions, you can download a full copy of DiRT
Showdown today in less than 1/3rd of the normal bandwidth and be
ready to play in 1/3rd of the normal time. There’s also no
streaming, so you won’t experience buffering problems or lag
issues as the game runs at its full frame rate on your PC.

Once downloaded, you can explore the game as you wish. If you
like action-packed, full-contact racing, you can spend your trial
putting pedal to metal on courses from Miami to Michigan, or if you
want to send your rival’s cars to its metallic death by
plunging it from an elevated arena, then Knock Out is going to be
your mode. With GameSessions, you’re not tied to a
ring-fenced demo – so enjoy the whole game, however you
choose. All the code is running on your PC, so you can get a good
idea of how much you like the game before you part with any
money.

GameSessions will work for nearly every title available on
Steam, and after you purchase the game, it joins your Steam library
and is managed and, if necessary, patched from there.

GameSessions is from Tangentix Ltd, a team of keen and bright
programmers, who also happen to be gamers, based in the UK. It has
been born from new mathematics developed at the University of
Bradford and a series of patent-backed innovations that change the
way games are discovered, delivered and purchased. The company is
venture backed and has deals with a number of major publishers and
media partners.

NOTE to Media:

[BIG UNVEILING AT GDC SAN FRANCISCO]

A press meeting will be held at 4:30pm on Wednesday 19th March
at the GameSessions suite at the St Regis Hotel, San Francisco-
only yards away from the Moscone Center where GDC is taking
place.